News Koala detection dogs sniff out bushfire survivors …Mrs Woosnam said. After searching more than 10km on that first day, the team found another adult male and nearby an adult female without a joey. This female appeared thin…
Science & Environment Feral animals are running amok on Australia’s islands – here’s how to stop them …islands, our analysis can suggest which of these we should focus on. Chris Wilcox is a Senior Research Scientist at the CSIRO and Erin McCreless is a Research Scientist at…
Wildlife Rare photos of blacktip reef sharks 'beaching' …Reef, 270km north of Cairns. The Lizard Island Research Station is a world-leading coral reef research facility located on the island and operated by the Australian Museum. More of Christian’s…
AustroPalaeo Rock shelter provides earliest evidence of humans in the outback …known dates for Aboriginal settlement of the Flinders Ranges, then thought to stretch back no more than 15,000 years. “Towards the end of my research – having felt quite depressed…
Wildlife Sir Charles Kingsford Smith remembered …day: Aviation’s golden-boy disappears”). “The search for ‘Smithy’ was the greatest land-sea search of all-time at that point,” says historian Peter FitzSimons, who wrote a 2010 book on Kingsford Smith’s…
Wildlife The race against Lorikeet Paralysis Syndrome …other research has ruled out countless suspected causes already, so we’re getting very close to discovering the cause in the current round of research from samples from this last event.”…
News Noise caused by marine oil and gas exploration potentially affects whale migration AIR GUNS used for marine oil and gas exploration are loud enough to affect humpback whales up to 3km away, potentially affecting their migration patterns, according to our new research.…
Science & Environment Scalloped hammerheads gather in seas off Perth With the help of drones, we now know a bit more. In our new research, we describe finding a location in a marine park off the coast of Perth where…
Science & Environment Supercomputer pinpoints a meteorite’s origin A fine example of their capabilities comes from recent research on the origin of a unique meteorite found in Western Sahara in 2011. Nicknamed ‘Black Beauty’, the meteorite is one…
Science & Environment Rise of the jellyfish …and many people, including myself, thought ‘oh my, yes, that makes sense’.” This prompted Lisa’s initial research into jellyfish blooms in Australia, which took longer than expected when she realised…
